Jeremiah Graham "Jerry" Helms
1887 - 1969 (82 years)-
Name Jeremiah Graham "Jerry" Helms Nickname Jerry Birth 27 Aug 1887 Highland Co., VA 
[1] Gender Male Death 24 Dec 1969 Staunton, Augusta Co., VA [1] Cause: chronic ischemic heart disease/coronary arteriosclerosis Burial Clover Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Monterey, Highland Co., VA [1] Person ID I49486 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 9 Jan 2020
Family Mary Jane Bradshaw, b. 4 Jun 1890, Highland Co., VA d. 12 May 1972, McDowell, Highland Co., VA (Age 81 years) Marriage 14 Dec 1921 Highland Co., VA [2] Children 1. James Strother Helms, b. 9 Nov 1926, Highland Co., VA d. 30 Oct 1959, Bucks Elbow Mountain, Crozet, Albemarle Co., VA (Age 32 years)Family ID F17253 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jan 2020
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Notes - Son of Jeremiah Strother and Polly Ann (Lockridge) Helms.
The Highland Recorder, Monterey, VA, Thursday, 1 Jan 1970, p. 5, col. A
OBITUARIES
Jeremiah G. Helms
Jeremiah (Jerry) Graham Helms, 82, of Clover Creek, near McDowell, died at DeJarnette Sanitarium Wednesday, Dec. 24, following a lingering illness.
Mr. Helms, a well known Highland farmer, was a son of Strother and Polly Lockridge Helms, and was born in Highland Aug. 27, 1887. He was an elder of the Clover Creek Presbyterian Church; a 50 year member of Highland Lodge 110, A. F. & A. M., and a charter member of the Stonewall Ruritan Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Bradshaw Helms, and a number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral service was held at 2 p. m. Saturday, Dec. 27 from the Clover Creek Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Jack E. Maxwell and the Rev. Bernard R. Skeens. Interment was in the adjacent cemetery with Masonic rites. Obaugh Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Active pallbearers were Charles Helms, Raymond Helms, Charles T. Bradshaw, R. G. Bradshaw, Howard Hicklin, Mason Hamilton, Charles Samples and Herbert H. Samples.
Members of the Stonewall Ruritan Club, Masons, and friends and neighbors were honorary pallbearers. Nieces served as flowerbearers.
- Son of Jeremiah Strother and Polly Ann (Lockridge) Helms.
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Sources - [S1776] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), death certificate 69-037022 (1969), Jerry Graham Helms, accessed 8 Jan 2020. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1700] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 2013)), accessed 9 Jan 2020), Helms-Bradshaw, 1921, Highland County. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1776] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), death certificate 69-037022 (1969), Jerry Graham Helms, accessed 8 Jan 2020. (Reliability: 3).